Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has been reported to KU for not having anchored a discussion document on the EU's future in the Riksdag's EU committee. The moderates have retorted with a wounded voice that it was certainly not a controversial document at all:
Month: June 2014
The union won the train strike
Faced with the threat of extended conflict measures with hundreds of thousands of potentially canceled tickets in the Stockholm area, the employer organization Almega came to its senses. Hourly jobs are not prohibited, but will become so expensive that it will pay better to hire full-time indefinitely. The goal of the settlement was also that permanent full-time employment would be the regular form of employment. The union believes the strike victory will…
Sweden cut taxes the second most in the EU
During the years 2002-2012, Sweden lowered taxes the second most in the entire EU. Sweden is now in fourth place. The total tax collection amounts to 44,2% of GDP. France — one of the largest economies in the Union — has a tax rate of 48% of GDP.
They rely on welfare
The social democratic think tank Tiden has released a report that examines the welfare capitalists and their loyalties: Which people are involved? What do the connections between politics and business look like?
The People's Party wants to limit the right to strike
The People's Party (New) Liberals want to increase the power of the employer side. In a debate article in Aftonbladet, Riksdag member Christer Nylander (fp) questions the reasonableness of sympathy strikes. The background is that SEKO objects to Veolia's plans. Veolia wants to fire and rehire staff on worse terms to finance a previous underbid.
Borg fears new financial crisis in 2018
According to Dagens ETC 2014-06-13, the next banking crisis will come around 2018 according to information that Anders Borg gave the banks at a separate meeting. Then Sweden runs an extremely high risk of being affected by the same action program that Southern Europe is now going through. What saved us from the most severe consequences of the financial crisis in 2008 was our high tax revenues and a little stricter…
One sixth of professionals experience burnout syndrome
In a recently submitted thesis, more than 2 professional workers in the Västra Götaland region had to self-assess their problems. 600% of Sweden's population had fatigue syndrome. The mental illness resulting from an exhaustion syndrome was long-lasting and with symptoms such as depression and anxiety as well as somatic symptoms. Doctoral student Kristina Glise shows that roughly 9% of professionals...